Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize: ‘Struggles are going to make me a lot better’ Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize shares his thoughts Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, about his first MLB season and what to expect heading into next year. The Detroit Tigers coped with many unexpected scenarios
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Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Rather than getting stoked for October’s playoffs, which in olden baseball days (2006-14) was a Tigers habit, Detroit again is left to get its postseason thrills and chills from an MLB Draft countdown. It’s not exactly seeing Magglio hoist one into the heavens to earn the Tigers a World
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Tigers interim manager Lloyd McClendon believes the drawn-out rebuild is almost complete. And he may be right after 10 players, including prospects Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, Isaac Paredes and Daz Cameron, made their debuts this season. But the pieces Detroit used to grind through last season’s 114 losses and this year’s
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Matthew Boyd gives up seven runs. Here’s what he said Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd struggled in his fourth start of the 2020 season Wednesday, Aug. 12, in a 7-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox. If it were the World Series, Detroit
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — Tigers general manager Al Avila and his staff face maybe the most difficult and unusual offseason since the rebuild started — and that’s saying something. Even though the club saved a ton of money paying prorated salaries this season, and the contracts of free agents-to-be Jordan Zimmermann, C.J. Cron, Jonathan
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Hello, and welcome to the final Detroit Tigers Newsletter of the year. (We think. Based on this kooky season, who knows?) Well, they got to 58 games. That’s more than seemed likely in April, or even June. And while it’s not quite as many games as almost everyone else
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize: ‘Struggles are going to make me a lot better’ Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize shares his thoughts Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, about his first MLB season and what to expect heading into next year. Spencer Turnbull’s start Sept. 8 —
This past weekend Ron Gardenhire announced his retirement from baseball. Gardy was named the 38th manager in Tigers history on Oct. 20, 2017, and for the past three seasons, served as a leader both on and off the field for the players and coaches that donned the Olde English ‘D.’ This past weekend Ron Gardenhire
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Why Detroit Tigers’ Ron Gardenhire is retiring immediately Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila and manager Ron Gardenhire met with reporters Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 to announce Gardenhire’s immediate retirement. There’s hope on the horizon for the Detroit Tigers. At least they think so, after calling
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Why Detroit Tigers’ Ron Gardenhire is retiring immediately Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila and manager Ron Gardenhire met with reporters Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 to announce Gardenhire’s immediate retirement. Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal tested positive for COVID-19 and missed all of July’s summer camp.
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Kansas City, Mo. — You had to do a double take when the Tigers released the starting lineup for Sunday’s season finale. A name was missing. A name that had been on the lineup card in all 57 games and in the starting lineup for 56 of them. Miguel Cabrera was
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Kansas City, Mo. — This really was the only way this oddball season could end — in the rain and unsure whether the last game on the 2020 schedule was going to be, in fact, the last game. The Tigers boarded their flight back to Detroit Sunday afternoon after a 3-1
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize: ‘Struggles are going to make me a lot better’ Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize shares his thoughts Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, about his first MLB season and what to expect heading into next year. Miguel Cabrera had played in all
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers (23-34) vs. Kansas City Royals (25-34) When: 1:05 p.m. Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri. TV: Fox Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1; other radio affiliates). First-pitch weather forecast: Cloudy, 65 degrees (rain expected beginning around 3 p.m.). Probable starting pitchers: Tigers RHP Jordan Zimmermann (0-0, 9.64 ERA)
Jordan Zimmermann did not get a farewell ceremony for what is likely his final start as a Tiger, though he received plenty of hugs in the Tigers’ dugout after his first and only inning in Sunday’s 3-1 loss to the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. He also got to pass the Jordan Zimmermann did not get
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize: ‘Struggles are going to make me a lot better’ Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize shares his thoughts Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, about his first MLB season and what to expect heading into next year. Jordan Zimmermann’s tenure with the Detroit
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Finally, last week, he got home. To his place in Tampa. And all after some tough months in Detroit and Toledo. This week, it’s back to Lakeland, Florida, for Tigers instructional camp and for another shot at joining, maybe by next season, a Tigers rotation that for three years
Five months ago, Matthew Boyd was long-tossing in neighborhood parks around his Detroit-area home to keep his arm ready for a potential season while baseball was shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. He was even kicked out of one because playgrounds were supposed to be closed. So in that Five months ago, Matthew Boyd
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize: ‘Struggles are going to make me a lot better’ Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize shares his thoughts Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, about his first MLB season and what to expect heading into next year. Miguel Cabrera has played all 57
Tigers shortstop Willi Castro left Saturday’s game in the second inning due to right shoulder soreness, and manager Lloyd McClendon told The Athletic’s Cody Stavenhagen and other reporters that Castro will be placed on the 10-day injured list. The placement will allow the Tigers to add a healthy player to the roster for today’s final